1. Global Collaboration on Future Network Standardization
Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) 14
DOCUMENT #:
GSC14-PLEN-044R2
FOR:
Presentation or Information
SOURCE:
TTA
AGENDA ITEM:
7 (New and Novel Topics)
CONTACT(S):
Global Collaboration on Future Network Standardization
Hyoung-Jun KIM,
Chair of PG210, TTA
Geneva, July 2009

2. Background (1/2)
The Future Network (FN), which is anticipated to provide futuristic functionalities beyond the limitation of the current network including Internet, is getting a global attention in the field of communication network and services.
To support the requirements of future emerging applications and users, telecommunications technologies beyond current IP oriented technologies will need to be developed.
To support the development of global and harmonized frameworks (e.g. requirements, functional architectures and protocols)
Geneva, July 2009

3. Background (2/2) Future Networks have become a part of global agenda.
IRTF (International), GENI/FIND (US), FP7/FIRE (EU), AKARI/NwGN (Japan), FIF(Korea), etc.
ITU-T (Q21/SG13 and FG-FN), ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6
The academic community expressed their strong interest in collaborating with the ITU-T on this subject during the last ITU-T Kaleidoscope event in May 2008
However, all these activities seems to be in their early stage of investigation.
Global harmonization between these different activities is needed to gather the global consensus on it
Geneva, July 2009

4. Current Activities (1/7)
ITU-T Q.21/SG13
The title of SG13 in the new study period ( ) is “Future Networks including Mobile and NGN” reflecting the importance of “Future Networks”.
A new Question on Future Networks has been approved as Q21/13 and has started the works.
Future Network : Vision, Concepts, and Requirements
Requirements of Network Virtualization
Geneva, July 2009

5. Current Activities (2/7)
Study items (or deliverables) of Q.21/13 to be considered include, but are not limited to:
Problem statement on current IP-based network architecture
Design goals and general requirements for the FN  
Gap analysis between existing standards and FN
Meta architecture (network virtualization, cross-layer communications) and architectural framework for the FN
Incorporating new communication and service technologies into FN 
Identifying functions and capabilities to support new services for the FN
Geneva, July 2009

6. Current Activities (3/7)
ITU-T FG-FN
SG13 has established “Focus Group on Future Networks (FG-FN)” to share the discussion on Future Networks and ensure global common understanding about Future Networks with collaboration and harmonization with relevant entities and activities.
Supported by the Focus Group, SG13 can establish the clear roadmap of studies for Future Networks and good collaboration with relevant organizations/projects which are imperative to standardization activities for the Future Networks.
Geneva, July 2009

7. Current Activities (4/7)
The Focus Group, by collaborating with worldwide FN communities (e.g., research institutes, forums, academia and etc), aims to
collect and identify visions of future networks, based on new technologies
assess the interactions between future networks and new services,
familiarize ITU-T and standardization communities with emerging attributes of future networks, and
encourage collaboration between ITU-T and FN communities.
Geneva, July 2009

8. Current Activities (5/7)
1st Meeting of FG-FN
Luleå, Sweden, June 29-July 3 (co-located with FP7/FIRE week event)
Chairman : Naotaka Morita (NTT, Japan)
Vice-chairman : Hyoung Jun Kim (ETRI, Korea)
Further volunteers for vice chairman are expected
Outcome at the first meeting
More than 20 contributions
FP7/FIRE projects in Europe are introduced.
China, Korea, and Japan project are also discussed.
FIRE and ITU-T Joint Meeting
Target time frame of FN ( ) was clarified.
The two draft deliverables are agreed to develop.
Geneva, July 2009

9. Current Activities (6/7)
ISO/IEC JTC1
SC6/WG7 has launched similar standardization activities on Future Network.
Future Network : Problem Statement and Requirements
Geneva, July 2009

10. Current Activities (7/7)
Korean Activities on FN issues
Actively involved in standardization activities
ITU-T Q.21/13, FG-FN, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6
Domestic Future Internet Forum (FIF) was launched in 2006
A lot of members from universities, institutes, and industries
PG 220(Future Internet) of TTA has recently launched with its ToR.
ETRI has started the work on development of virtualized programmable platform for FN research and experimentation
Geneva, July 2009

11. Challenges
Taking into consideration the importance of global connectivity and interoperability on FN, global harmonization efforts on its standardization between relevant SDOs are quite important and necessary to build up globally interoperable future ICT infrastructures
Geneva, July 2009

12. Next Steps/Actions Global collaboration on FN is required;
To make good collaboration with relevant organizations/projects
To collect and identify visions of future networks from the relevant organizations/projects
To establish the roadmap of standardization for Future Networks
So, if we agree with the collaboration on FN inside of the GSC, TTA would like to propose this topic to be added in HIS at the next GSC
Geneva, July 2009

13. Question & Discussion !! Hyoung Jun Kim E-mail: khj@etri.re.kr
Geneva, July 2009